Arrowhead Pride
This week, the community of Kansas City Chiefs fans at Arrowhead Pride was asked to share memories of the times Arrowhead Stadium was at its loudest.
Of course, the stadium holds the Guinness World Record for the loudest crowd roar at 142.2 decibels, but there are plenty of raucous moments in its modern history.
Personally, no moment will ever top the game-sealing interception that safety Husain Abdullah returned for a touchdown to beat the Oakland Raiders in Week 6 of 2013, maintaining an undefeated record in head coach Andy Reid’s first season.
Holding a 10-point lead with under two minutes left, the Arrowhead crowd was just as hungry as the Chiefs’ defense, which ended the game with nine sacks and three interceptions. It was a long day for Raiders quarterback Terrelle Pryor, who lofted up a second-and-10 pass that set up the original record-setting crowd roar of 137.5 decibels.
When Abdullah crossed the goal line, I’ll never forget it sounding like the ground-shaking roar had surpassed the maximum volume I could handle, truly becoming deafening. It reached a peak, and everything was quiet to me for a moment or two before returning to a typically loud cheer from the Sea of Red.
It was also one of the first seasons, for me, when the Arrowhead excitement felt real. As a sophomore in high school at the time, I was self-aware enough to know that Reid was in a different galaxy of head coaching compared to Herm Edwards and Todd Haley.
The energy at Arrowhead that season was proof of how revitalized Chiefs Kingdom was following Reid’s hire, which has turned out to be one of the best decisions the Hunt family has ever made in the franchise’s history.
Here were the best submissions from the readers, with links to the play on YouTube when applicable:
Yep, also there for that game. My wife was pregnant with our first and she said he was kicking like crazy after that 137.5. I just choose to think he was cheering on the Chiefs as well instead of complaining about the noise.
When Mahomes hit Kelce to set up the field in the 13 seconds game against the Bills!!
Of course, he’s referring to the AFC Divisional Round matchup between the Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills in the 2021 season. Watch the play here.
December 9, 2018. Pat Mahomes to Tyreek on 4th down against the Ravens.
Ron Kopp Jr., in response:
Great one. That really did bring out a louder-than-normal crowd pop, and the 4th & goal TD to Damien Williams did, too.
I was at the record setting MNF game vs the Patriots back in 2014. It was the rowdiest I’ve ever been at a game by far. Might have even spilled some drops of beer on the Pats fans sitting in front of me…oops.
We went to the 2019 Chiefs-Texans Divisional Round...
